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This
one-day course will cover the general principles and seven guidelines
of Plain Talk as it applies to writing instructions, announcements,
publications, and other documents
As a writer or editor for a state agency, you should write and design
your documents for easy use and customer understanding. In order
to do so, you need to use plain language or writing that the typical
customer can act upon after a single reading. Writing in Plain Talk
gives people easy access to their government and allows government
to excel at what it does best–serve the people.
NOTE: This course does not include training on usability testing. |
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• Understand customer needs.
• Use simple language.
• Include only important information.
• Keep sentences and paragraphs short.
• Editing for Proper Word Choices and Punctuation Usage.
• Use active sentences.
• Use key personal pronouns such as "we" and "you."
• Design clear pages. |
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1. Spend less time writing.
2. Unlock the power of "active" writing.
3. Understand the importance of context in your writing.
4. Learn how to test your writing with a readability tool.
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Jordan Peabody's
Writing
Documents in Plain Talk |
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BOOK THIS CLASS NOW!
To schedule an on-site course for your organization, email me. |
June 22, 2009
WA St. Dept. of Personnel
Olympia, WA
Class Contact: Colleen Bray |
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